Life of Guangzhou - Guangzhou Introduces Nine Measures to Promote Asian Games-related Businesses

As the host city of the 16th Asian Games, Guangzhou, South China has seized this valuable opportunity and launched nine measures to promote business and trade, said officials from the municipal government on December 16th.

The nine measures were concerned with the construction of shopping malls in the Asian Games City, clusters of bars and restaurants serving delicacies, promotion of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) for domestic automobiles. In addition, ten stations would be changed into gasoline/gas stations and twenty such stations would be built by September, 2010.

According to the detailed measures, Guangzhou would speed up the construction of business facilities around the Asian Games City where shopping malls, large supermarkets and franchised stores would be gathered. Also, major businesses in the downtown shall be upgraded for a better shopping environment during the 16th Asian Games.

In addition, Guangzhou would turn certain streets into clusters of businesses serving delicacies and foods with Guangzhou characteristics, including the streets in downtown and one section of Baiyun Avenue as well as the streets on the banks of the Pearl River where bars of unique styles gathered.

Moreover, Guangzhou would encourage enterprises to cooperate with world famous counterparts which were expected to set flagship stores, marketing headquarters and regional marketing headquarters in Guangzhou around the time when the Asian Games are held.

Guangzhou will also work hard to make credit card payments available in major business zones, luxury hotels, national restaurants and businesses in and around the Asian Games City. Visa cards shall be widely used in Guangzhou.

As for transportation, besides the promotion of Liquefied Petroleum Gas and construction of gasoline/gas stations, the output of LPG would be increased to 100 thousand tons by the end of 2009.

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